El Salvador vs Turkey: Electoral democracy (V-Dem)
El Salvador
1
in 2025
Turkey
1
in 2025
El Salvador rank
87th
Turkey rank
87th
Electoral democracy (V-Dem) over time
- El Salvador
- Turkey
How they compare
El Salvador currently reports 1 against 1 in Turkey, a difference of 0.
The two have swapped places 30 times across 187 shared years of data; in 1838 it was Turkey ahead.
El Salvador ranks 87th and Turkey ranks 87th of 176 countries.
Across the 20 decades both report, El Salvador averaged higher in 13 and Turkey in 5.
Head to head by decade
| Decade | El Salvador | Turkey | Difference | Ahead |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1830s | 0 | 0 | 0 | — |
| 1840s | 0.8 | 0 | 0.8 | El Salvador |
| 1850s | 1 | 0 | 1 | El Salvador |
| 1860s | 0.3 | 0 | 0.3 | El Salvador |
| 1870s | 0.5 | 0 | 0.5 | El Salvador |
| 1880s | 0.7 | 0 | 0.7 | El Salvador |
| 1890s | 0.6 | 0 | 0.6 | El Salvador |
| 1900s | 0.5 | 0 | 0.5 | El Salvador |
| 1910s | 0.5 | 0 | 0.5 | El Salvador |
| 1920s | 0.7 | 0.1 | 0.6 | El Salvador |
| 1930s | 0.4 | 0 | 0.4 | El Salvador |
| 1940s | 0.2 | 0.4 | 0.2 | Turkey |
| 1950s | 0.4 | 1 | 0.6 | Turkey |
| 1960s | 0.9 | 0.8 | 0.1 | El Salvador |
| 1970s | 0.9 | 1.8 | 0.9 | Turkey |
| 1980s | 0.5556 | 0.7778 | 0.2222 | Turkey |
| 1990s | 1.1 | 2 | 0.9 | Turkey |
| 2000s | 2 | 2 | 0 | — |
| 2010s | 2 | 1.3 | 0.7 | El Salvador |
| 2020s | 1.17 | 1 | 0.1667 | El Salvador |
Averages of every year both report within each decade.
Frequently asked questions
- Which has higher electoral democracy, El Salvador or Turkey?
- El Salvador, at 1 against 1 in Turkey as of 2025.
- What is the difference in electoral democracy between El Salvador and Turkey?
- 0, with El Salvador ahead.
- How many years of comparable data are there for El Salvador and Turkey?
- 187 years are reported by both, from 1838 to 2025.
- How do El Salvador and Turkey rank globally for electoral democracy?
- El Salvador ranks 87th and Turkey ranks 87th of 176 countries.
- Where does this data come from?
- V-Dem (2026) – processed by Our World in Data, published as Electoral democracy. Statizoid refreshes it automatically from the source and publishes the full history for both places.
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About this data
Identifies the political regime of a country using the Regimes of the World classification by political scientists Anna Lührmann, Marcus Tannenberg and Staffan Lindberg.